The Little Match Girl review " a Christmas cracker
Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells, LondonCorey Claire Annand bewitches as a freezing waif in Arthur Pita's quirky, imaginative update of the Hans Christian Andersen classicTo 19th-century authors, Christmas presented the perfect opportunity for social commentary. A favourite theme was the contrast between wealth and poverty, between the firelit drawing rooms of the prosperous and the stark and frozen world beyond …